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Guess the ESPN hates the Big East excuses are over now

The Big East and ESPN are reuniting in a six-year deal that will give added content from across 22 sports to the network’s direct-to-consumer platform set to launch in the fall. The pact, which will be with ESPN+, does not include a linear component, as those deals were struck a year ago with Fox, NBC and TNT Sports. This deal, which is not a sublicense (done directly with the conference), will see 25 non-conference men’s basketball games stream on ESPN+ (ESPN’s DTC service is inclusive of ESPN+) starting with the 2025-26 school year. The tonnage within the pact, which was previously with FloSports over the last three school years (under the Big East Digital Network batter), is a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games and 200 Olympic sports events. Sources close to the situation said that a rights fee is involved, and the Big East will produce all streamed games.
 
I have been enjoying watching any Wimbledon match I choose on ESPN+ which we get through our Hulu plus live TV subscription and same thing with U.S. Open they do a great job covering tennis.
 
Good news for the conference. Since for men's basketball this would be non-conference games you'd either not need to subscribe at all (by attending the couple home games), or subscribe for a maximum of 1-2 months.
 
Moose said:
Guess the ESPN hates the Big East excuses are over now

The Big East and ESPN are reuniting in a six-year deal that will give added content from across 22 sports to the network’s direct-to-consumer platform set to launch in the fall. The pact, which will be with ESPN+, does not include a linear component, as those deals were struck a year ago with Fox, NBC and TNT Sports. This deal, which is not a sublicense (done directly with the conference), will see 25 non-conference men’s basketball games stream on ESPN+ (ESPN’s DTC service is inclusive of ESPN+) starting with the 2025-26 school year. The tonnage within the pact, which was previously with FloSports over the last three school years (under the Big East Digital Network batter), is a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games and 200 Olympic sports events. Sources close to the situation said that a rights fee is involved, and the Big East will produce all streamed games.
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It’s better and possibly cheaper for the consumer than Flo sports which I would never pay for but it’s is still not the mother ship. It will provide 25 men’s non-conference games, probably mostly buy games.

It provides a lot more coverage for Women’s basketball and coverage for stuff like soccer (both teams) baseball, softball and volleyball but I don’t see it as a big deal for Men’s basketball.
 
I'm old, and reading this piece from ESPN felt like hieroglyphics, for this fossil, what do the following mean anyway:

A. "...the network's direct to consumer platform"..

B. "....The pact, which will be with ESPN+, does not include a linear component"...

C. "... This deal, which is not a sublicense"....

D. "... ESPN+ (ESPN’s DTC service is inclusive of ESPN+) "...

E. "... The tonnage within the pact,"....

F. "...FloSports"....{didn't know Flo had sports}

G. "...(under the Big East Digital Network batter"...{ was this meant to say banner?}

H. ..." . Sources close to the situation said that a rights fee is involved"...
 
BrookJersey Redmen said:
I'm old, and reading this piece from ESPN felt like hieroglyphics, for this fossil, what do the following mean anyway:

A. "...the network's direct to consumer platform"..

B. "....The pact, which will be with ESPN+, does not include a linear component"...

C. "... This deal, which is not a sublicense"....

D. "... ESPN+ (ESPN’s DTC service is inclusive of ESPN+) "...

E. "... The tonnage within the pact,"....

F. "...FloSports"....{didn't know Flo had sports}

G. "...(under the Big East Digital Network batter"...{ was this meant to say banner?}

H. ..." . Sources close to the situation said that a rights fee is involved"...
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Basically the deal is directly with the Big East (CBS got games in the last deal as part of a contract with FOX) and it will only be on their digital platform (ESPN+), meaning no games will be on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/etc. What is confusing is that ESPN is releasing a new product that will be a standalone from the bundle, but will include ESPN+ and their other channels.

I'm pretty sure all of ESPN+'s college programming is self-produced (meaning the colleges are responsible for figuring out the production).
 
Does the part of "no linear component" and "digital platform" mean that all of this ESPN stuff you can only find by going on an internet device online only and not broadcast over regular TV?
 
dk423 said:
Yep
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So a lot of small conferences and small schools games are available only online, so for this piece that's the case for ESPN, but last year pretty much every single StJ game was available on non-digital regular tv, I guess that means that in additional it will be on ESPN's digital.
 
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